Lantern



- A. H. HANDLAN LANTERN Filed July 2, 1923 Patented May 1%, i926.

UNETEQ STAZ PATENT ALEXANDER H. HANDLAN, OF ST. LGUIS, MISSGUBI.

LANTERN.

Application filed. July 2,

This invention relates to improvements in lanterns, and the method of making the same, and. the invention consists of the improved lantern structure and the novel method of forming the same hereinafter de scribed.

Fig. I is a vertical section of the lower portion of a lantern made in accordance with my invention.

Fig. II is a plan View of the base ring and globe seat of my improved lantern, fragments of certain of the guard wires of said lantern being shown in said view.

Fig. III is a perspective view of the globe seat of my improved lantern.

Fig. IV is a vertical section of a fragment of the base ring showing a portion of the oil font therein.

In the drawing, A designates the lower portion of a lantern provided with the usual base ring B which is adapted to receive the oil font C of the lantern. The base ring illustrated in the drawing is in the form of a receptacle open at the top, the oil font being introduced into said base ring through said open top thereof. I) designates the guard frame of the lantern which comprises vertical guard wires E and horizontal annular guard wires F secured to said vertical guard wires E.

Arranged within the base ring 13 adjacent to the upper portion thereof is a globe seat G which comprises an annular plate provided with a plurality of downwardly extending legs H arranged at the outer edge of said globe seat, said legs being equal in number to the number of vertical guard wires of the guard frame I). The legs H are each bent at a right angle to the globe seat G, as shown in Fig. I, and the outer face of each of said legs is in contact with the inner face of the base ring 13. In the completed lantern the guard frame, globe seat and the upper portion of the base ring are secured together so as to form a unit, and it will now be explained how this connection is obtained.

Each of the vertical guard wires E has an inwardly bent portion E which extends toward the base ring of the lantern, and the innermost portion of. each of these curved portions of said vertical guard wires contacts with the outer face of said base ring. The base ring, globe seat and vertical guard wires are assembled so that the inwardly extending portions of said vertical guard 1923. serial in). 648,998.

wires are in radial alinement with the legs on the globe seat, and with the annular wall of the base ring interposed between said guard wires and said legs, in which position said legs on the globe seat bear firmly against the inside face of the annular wall of the base ring and portions of the guard wires bear firmly against the outside face of said annular wall of said base ring. When the parts are assembled as described, a suitable welding tool is applied and the downwardly extending legs II are welded to the alined vertical guard wires E through those portions of the annular wall of the base ring which are interposed between said legs II and said guard wires E, whereby said parts are securely fixed together.

The globe seat- G is provided with an integrally formed lug K which extends down wardly from the horizontal portion of said globe seat, and said globe seat is provided with a slot L which extends transversely of said horiznotal portion of said globe seat and extends a slight distance downwardly in the lug K. The upper portion of the base ring B is provided with a vertical slot M which is in alinement with the slot L just described, and said slot M extends downwardly in the annular wall of said base ring to a point which is in the same horizontal plane as the bottom of that portion of the slot L which is in the lug K (Fig. IV). As shown in Fig. IV the oil font is provided with a burner C which is provided with a wick-adjusting stem C and the utility of the slot L is to receive this wickadjusting stem to prevent said oil font from rota-ting within the base ring B. The vertical slot M in the upper portion of the wall of the base ring is open at the top and, as already stated, said slot M is in alinement with the slot L in the globe seat. When the oil font is introduced into the base ring of the lantern said oil font is introduced through the open top thereof, said oil font being so positioned with respect to the base ring that the wick-adjusting stem of the burner associated with said oil font passes into and through the slot M and rests in the slot L when the oil font is properly positioned within the base ring whereby said oil font is prevented from rotating.

I claim:

1. A. lantern comprising a base ring, a globe seat provided with legs formed thereon, said globe seat being located within said base ring so that said legs are in contact with the inner face of said base ring, and guard wires portions of which contact with the outer face of said base ring at points in radial alineinent with said legs on said globe seat, said guard wires, base ring and the legs on said globe seat being welded together to produce a unit.

2. A lantern comprising a base ring a globe seat provided with a downwardly extending lug within said base ring, said globe seat being provided with a slot, a portion of which is insaid 'lobe seat and a portion thereof being in said downwardly extending lug, an oil font, and a burner associated with said oil font and provided with a wickadjusting stein, said oil font bein; adapted to be located within said base ring so that said \flCk-ZlCljllStlHQ stem is positioned in said slot in said globe seat whereby said oil font is prevented from rotating.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I hereunto affix my signature.

ALEXANDER H. HANDLAX. 

